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Date:      Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:50:57 +0100
From:      "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
To:        "setantae" <setantae@submonkey.net>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: home pc use
Message-ID:  <00c801c17205$1175f2b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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Ceri writes:

> I refute your assumption that a system that
> doesn't run Windows applications is useless.

If you can get by without any Windows applications, your refutation is valid.
But most people need to run at least a few Windows applications, unless they
have Macs (which have a large enough choice of applications to avoid Windows
entirely and still get lots of things done).

> There you go again.
> Window Managers Do Not Run Applications.
> All you need is an X server to run Netscape.

Maybe I'm confused.  How do you run an X server or an application within it
without a window manager?

> You said that as long as you have some idea
> with some Unix like system then the concepts
> map across.

Correct.

> Generally, that is indeed true, but you don't
> seem to have much experience of Unix like systems,
> let alone FreeBSD.

It's true with all of them, rest assured.  In fact, when you look at the source
code of multiple operating systems, it's surprising how often you see the same
algorithms over and over.

> You have only tried one, yet you condemn them all.

I've used lots of GUIs on lots of operating systems.  They all have similar
drawbacks.




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